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F. G. DIETERIOH. VENDING MACHINE.

No. 439,030. Patented 001;. 21, 1890.

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VENDING MACHINE.

No. 439.030. Patented Oct. 21, 1890.

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FRED G. DIETERICH, OF WVASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN U. OMEARA, OF SAME PLACE.

VENDING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,030, dated October 21, 1890.

Application filed May 23, 1890. Serial No. 362,860. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRED G. DIETERICH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vending-Machines; and I do hereby declzfi'e the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention, which is in the nature of a coin-operated vending-machine and which refers more particularly'to improvements on a similar machine for which patents were granted to me March 11, 1890, Nos. 423,033 and 3,034; April 22, 1890, No. 425,996, and August 12, 1890, No. 434,127, has for its object to adapt said machine for selling ten-cent articles-such as whisky or other liquids in small vials-and proprietary articles which can be put up in small bottles or boxes; and it has, further, for its object to provide a single coinchute and coin-operated lever and a single coin-operating bar adapted for operation only when a plurality of the required coins for which the machine is set are inserted in the coin-slot.

It is well known to those acquainted with the practical operations of vending-machines that machines adapted to sell ten-cent goods, and which are operated by a dime, are practically valueless for general use, as the adj ustment of the coin-operated parts must be most carefully made owing to the size of the coin, and as almost any dummy for a dime can readily be bent up out of tin or other flexible material necessitates the continued watching and inspection of the machines. To avoid these serious objections and to provide machines through which ten-cent articles can be sold without the necessity of using a dime, I arrange the coin mechanism (shown in my other patent referred to) to be operated by two nickels, it being obvious, however, that the same principle of construction, hereinafter referred to, may be modified so that it will only operate after the insertion of three or more nickels.

To this end my invention consists in arranging the relation of the coin-operatin g bar, the

discharge end of the coin-chute and the locking-lever, and the coin-abutment such that two coins of the proper diameter and width can be held in the pocket of the said operating-bar and between the end of said lockinglever and the abutment, whereby when the said baris moved outward a direct connection between the lever and the abutment is made and the lower coin pressed down (through the medium of the upper coin bearing against said abutment) against the tilting lockinglever to unlock same from the delivery-slide.

My invention further consists in the sundry novel arrangement and combination of parts, all of which will hereinafter be fully described in the annexed specification, and particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a central vertical longitudinal section of. my improved selling-machine. Fig.

2 is a view illustrating the coin-operating parts. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the coin-operating slide-bar. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional elevation of the lower end of coinchute, the operating slide-bar, and lockinglever. Fig. 5 is a detail View of the adj ustable locking-bar.

By reference to the accompanying d-rawings, H indicates the coin-chute; B, the delivery-slide, on which is secured the toothed locking-bar S; C, the locking-lever, and K the operating slide-bar, which in the present case is pulled forward and operated in the same manner as shown and described in my other patent referred to.

By reference to Figs. 2 and 3, itwill be seen that I form the chamber-like portion or coinpocket K of the operating slide-bar larger, so that it will virtually embrace two coins, and that I arrange the lower rear wall is of said pocket and the notched end of the locking-lever C to retard and hold the proper coin, (a coin of less diameter passing therebetween and into the coin-receptacle,) and I 5 also raise the end m of the c0in-chute and the abutment Q, so thatwhen the bar K is moved outward the lower coin will ride upon the wing C of the lever C and cause the upper coin to engage the abutment and thereby I00 0 use the lever to be tripped, it being understood that the relation of the abutment and the locking-lever O is such that the distance therebetween is slightly less than the combined diameters of the two proper-sized coins. Thus should two coins of less diameter be held in the pocket of the bar K and the bar drawn forward onto the wing C of the lever G they would not press same down sufficiently to raise its rear end from engagement with the locking-bar S.

The relation of the locking-lever and the bar S is precisely similar to that shown in my other patent, except that in this case I make said bar vertically adjustable in relation to the rear or lifting end of the locking-lever, so that the same can be quickly adjusted for operative connection therewith relative to the lift given the said locking end by the coins which pass over the outer end thereof.

By reference to Fig. 1 of the drawings it will be seen thatIarrange the operating slidebar and the merchandise-holder of such thickness that a bottle of about one to one and onehalf inch diameter can be operated, and as the fall from the upper to the lower slide will be equal such distance, I provide a yielding substance D-such as rubber or felt-on the lower slide at the point where the bottle falls to break the fall and thereby prevent the possibility of the same being broken during the quick operation or rough handling of the machine. In this case the adjustable plate at the rear portion of the opening in the lower slide is dispensed with.

As the remaining features of the machine are similar in construction and operation as those shown and described in my other patent and application referred to, no further description thereof is deemed necessary.

I am aware that a plurality of coin-chutes and coin-operated levers have been employed to operate a vending-machine, and that a single coin-chute provided with deflecting devices whereby the two coins are deflected to two coin-operated lever mechanisms. This I do not claim; but

Vhat I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a vending-machine, the combination, with the delivery mechanism, and a lockinglever for holding same from operation, of a single-coin chute, said locking-lever arranged at such a distance below said coin-chute as to adapt it for operation only upon the insertion of a plurality of coins, substantially as and forv the purpose described.

said abutment and lever being arranged relatively, so that a plurality of coins will be required to tilt the locking-lever, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In a vending-machine, a single-coin operated locking-lever, a single-coin chute, an abutment arranged at the discharge end of the chute, and an operating slide-bar intermediate the chute and lever, said bar and lever adapted to arrest and hold a plurality of coins intermediate the said lever and abutment, whereby as the said bar is operated the several coins will be drawn under the abutment, substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. The combination, withasingle locking-lever adapted to lock the delivery mechanism from operation, a single-coin chute, and an abutment arranged over said lever, of a combined coin restraining and operating slidebar disposed intermediate the chute-abutment and locking-lever, formed with a pocket adapt ed to hold a plurality of coins edgewise, one above the other, the lowermost coin arranged to bear at one edge against one wall of the said pocket and at its opposite edge against the lever and adapted to support the other coin or coins above it, the lowermost coin adapted, when the bar is drawn forward, to move the upper coin into contact with the abutment and be thereby forced down to de press the locking-lever from engagement with the delivery mechanism, substantially as shown and described.

5. In a vending-machine essentially as de scribed, the combination, with a merchandise holder, the merchandise box or receptacle held thereon, and the articles held therein adapted to be discharged through the feed-opening of said holder, of the delivery-slide operating to receive the articles when discharged from said merchandise-holder, said slide provided with a receiving-surface formed of ayielding M. D. BLoNDnL, J os. A. RYAN. 

